Which statement from Brown v. Board of Education provides evidence that Justice Brown believes public education serves an important purpose in American society? (A) It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. (B) We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities? (C) To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. (D) We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place.